<div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div>Dear Charter members et al,<br><br>For those of you that I have not had the pleasure to meet, drink and/or work with, I am Marc Vloemans. Since 2000 I have been instrumental in raising the profile for open source in general in The Netherlands and abroad. More specifically, I have been active as a market and business developer for open spatial IT; finding and convincing end-users.<br><br>My strategies, tactics and methods to achieve more traction for open spatial IT include(d) writing books, articles and blogs, acting as a lobbyist with Dutch and EU Parliament, setting up a market leading Dutch open GIS company, organising a cooperation of open spatial IT players, LOC FOSS4G Bonn and Dutch Local Chapter memberships, OSGeo Marketing Chair and the like.<br><br>Besides I have served and still serve on various (non-)profit boards.<br>This is where my past experiences, learnings and achievements ultimately come together and hopefully complement those of my fellow board members. Our projects and local chapters are the corner stones of OSGeo. As Marketing Chair I am in the process of organising a bottom up approach to our strategic direction. I hope to close the loop as a Board member; from strategy to implementation.<br></div><div><div><div><br></div><div>Judging from the list of great candidates I am pretty sure I can contribute my own unique skills and experience to cast our open spatial net farther afield then ever before. Building bridges towards adjacent communities, reaching out to new geographical and sectoral user groups, engaging our own community..<br><br></div><div>Please feel free to contact me for more information.<br></div><div>Thank you for your time and my nomination.<br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Kind regards,<br><br></div>Marc Vloemans<br><div><br>Email: <a href="mailto:marcvloemans1@gmail.com">marcvloemans1@gmail.com</a><br>Mobile +31(0)651 844262<br>LinkedIn: <a href="http://nl.linkedin.com/in/marcvloemans" target="_blank">http://nl.linkedin.com/in/marcvloemans</a><br>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/marcvloemans" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/marcvloemans</a><div><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/marcvloemans" target="_blank">http://www.slideshare.net/marcvloemans</a></div><br></div></div></div></div>
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